WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:11.350 --> 00:00:17.560 The foundation of text in Word 2013 is simple: just click where you want your text, and type. 00:00:17.560 --> 00:00:21.430 You can use the space bar on your keyboard to add spaces… and if you want to start 00:00:21.430 --> 00:00:24.800 a new line, just press Enter. 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.180 If you make a mistake like I did, that's okay. 00:00:27.180 --> 00:00:30.590 You can press backspace or delete to fix it. 00:00:30.590 --> 00:00:32.739 And now we're all set. 00:00:32.739 --> 00:00:36.340 There may come a time when you need to work with text that's already in your document, 00:00:36.340 --> 00:00:39.770 maybe to copy and paste it, or to move it to a different location. 00:00:39.770 --> 00:00:43.230 To do that, you need to know how to select text first. 00:00:43.230 --> 00:00:46.650 The text I'd like to select is the business name—H2O. 00:00:46.650 --> 00:00:49.170 You can see it here at the top of the list. 00:00:49.170 --> 00:00:53.500 Just click, hold, and drag your mouse over the text, then let go. 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:55.350 See how it's highlighted gray? 00:00:55.350 --> 00:00:57.490 That means the text is selected. 00:00:57.490 --> 00:01:01.580 And this little box is the hover toolbar, which gives you easy access to formatting 00:01:01.580 --> 00:01:05.840 options, like font color, size, and more. 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:09.460 Let's try copy and paste now that we have our text selected. 00:01:09.460 --> 00:01:16.030 Just click the Copy command on the ribbon… choose where you want the text to go… then 00:01:16.030 --> 00:01:18.560 click Paste. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:22.210 You can also get to these commands by right-clicking in the document. 00:01:22.210 --> 00:01:28.990 For example, to cut and paste, start by selecting your text… then right-click… and choose 00:01:28.990 --> 00:01:30.560 Cut. 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.909 The original text will disappear, and now we can paste it anywhere we want by right-clicking 00:01:34.909 --> 00:01:37.539 again. 00:01:37.539 --> 00:01:42.240 Paste Options determine how the text is going to look—ranging from exactly like the original, 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:45.000 to the same text but without any formatting. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.360 I'm going to keep the formatting because I like the way it looks with each item on the 00:01:48.360 --> 00:01:50.859 list. 00:01:50.859 --> 00:01:54.640 If you want to move a selection of text from one place to another, you can use the drag 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:56.140 and drop method. 00:01:56.140 --> 00:02:01.829 Let's skip to the bottom of the document so I can show you how it works. 00:02:01.829 --> 00:02:04.759 First select the text you want to move. 00:02:04.759 --> 00:02:08.210 Now click, hold, and drag where you want it to go. 00:02:08.210 --> 00:02:11.940 You may need to do some rearranging to make to make sure it ends up the way you want. 00:02:11.940 --> 00:02:18.580 Finally, in a long document like this, I sometimes have trouble finding a specific word or phrase 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:20.590 that I know is in there somewhere. 00:02:20.590 --> 00:02:24.450 The Find feature can help by searching the document for you. 00:02:24.450 --> 00:02:29.560 Click the Find command on the ribbon… then type the word or phrase you're looking for. 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:34.640 The results will show up in the left pane, and will also be highlighted yellow. 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:37.970 At times, you may find that you've made a mistake throughout your document, or you need 00:02:37.970 --> 00:02:40.820 to swap a certain word or phrase for another. 00:02:40.820 --> 00:02:44.220 For that, you can use the Replace command instead. 00:02:44.220 --> 00:02:51.650 I actually need to change the month on these specials from February… to March. 00:02:51.650 --> 00:02:58.200 Now when you're ready, click Find Next in the dialog box… then click Replace. 00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:07.060 Replace All can save you even more time by changing every instance in the document automatically. 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:12.630 Now you know the basics, including cut, copy, and paste; drag and drop; and find and replace… 00:03:12.630 --> 00:03:15.290 everything you need to work with text in Word 2013.